Activation of individual extrinsic thumb muscles and compartments of extrinsic finger muscles

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1385-1392

  Birdwell, J Alexander ^a,b   Hargrove, Levi J ^a,c   Kuiken, Todd A ^a,b,c   Weir, Richard F ^d,e  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

^e Eastern Colorado Veterans Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrinsic muscles; Finger control; Intramuscular EMG; Prosthetics

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR POLLICIS LONGUS; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM COMMUNIS; EXTENSOR POLLICIS BREVIS; EXTENSOR POLLICIS LONGUS; FINGER; FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS; FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB;

EXTRINSIC MUSCLES; FINGER CONTROL; INTRAMUSCULAR EMG; PROSTHETICS;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THUMB;

EID: 84884170177     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00748.2012     Document Type: Article

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